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University of Guelph – Tenure-Track Position for Assistant Professor in History of Science

The Department of History and the Bachelor of Arts and Science (BAS) Program at the University of Guelph invite applications for a cross-appointed tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in the History of Science and the Bachelor of Arts and Science Program. The appointment will commence on July 1, 2022. The deadline is March … Continue reading University of Guelph – Tenure-Track Position for Assistant Professor in History of Science →

Canadian Museum of Nature Research Position

The Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa is inviting applications for a two-year award to a Master's student who will undertake a research project related to biodiversity or geodiversity in one of the disciplines of study at the Canadian Museum of Nature: botany, mineralogy, palaeobiology, or zoology, or in a field relevant to the museum’s … Continue reading Canadian Museum of Nature Research Position →

Gourlay’s Statistical Account of Upper Canada, 1882

A Canadian Mathematical Bi-Centennial: Gourlay’s Statistical Account of Upper Canada published 1822 The 2022 Anniversaries in the History of Canadian Science and Technology. First posted Friday, January 28, 2022 / Yom shishi, 26 Shevat, 5782. By David Orenstein As I mentioned in my January 14th  post, Robert Gourlay published his Statistical Account of Upper Canada … Continue reading Gourlay’s Statistical Account of Upper Canada, 1882 →

CSHPM Online Colloquium, Fri. Jan. 28

Bradley on L’Hospitial, Another CSHPM Online Colloquium, Fri. Jan. 28 First posted Monday, January 24, 2022 / Yom sheni, 22 Shevat, 5782 By David Orenstein This coming Friday, January 28, the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics / La Société Canadienne d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Mathématiques (CSHPM/SCHPM) will host another of its … Continue reading CSHPM Online Colloquium, Fri. Jan. 28 →

Dr. Gerhard Herzberg and The Prize

Dr. Gerhard Herzberg and The Prize By: Denisa Popa This article was originally published on the Defining Moments Canada website. In Gerhard Herzberg: An Illustrious Life in Science, Boris Stoicheff recalls the amusing way in which Herzberg found out he had received the Nobel Prize. On November 2nd, 1971, as Herzberg was seated on a … Continue reading Dr. Gerhard Herzberg and The Prize →

Some 2022 Canadian STEM&M Anniversaries to Celebrate This Year

Some 2022 Canadian STEM&M Anniversaries to Celebrate This Year The 2022 Anniversaries in the History of Canadian Science and Technology First posted Friday, January 14, 2022 / Yom shishi, 12 Shevat, 5782 By David Orenstein In 2021 the CSTHA Blog looked at many anniversaries in Canadian STEM&M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) History, but … Continue reading Some 2022 Canadian STEM&M Anniversaries to Celebrate This Year →

Gerhard Herzberg and the National Research Council of Canada

Scientific Freedom and “the Golden Years”: Gerhard Herzberg and the National Research Council of Canada By: Denisa Popa This article was originally published on the Defining Moments Canada website. From 1948 until his retirement in 1994, Dr. Gerhard Herzberg conducted ground-breaking research at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). As his close friend and … Continue reading Gerhard Herzberg and the National Research Council of Canada →